Food in History (Penguin Cookery Library) by Tannahill, Reay - 1991-11-28

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Penguin Books Ltd, 1991-11-28. Paperback. Good.

Penguin Books Ltd, 1991. Paperback. Good. Slightly creased cover. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.

Penguin Books, 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780140469219

Penguin, 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780140469219

London: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1988. Second Edition; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Some cover corver creases and shelf wear. ; Fourth impression of the revised second edition. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork detail of January from The Hours of Duc de Berry. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Penguin Cookery Library; B&W Illustrations; 448 pages; A lively account of the world history of food and the part it has played in human development. Packed with intriguing information, insights and anecdotes. .

U.S.A.: Penguin Books Ltd, 1991. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Name on flypage and crease on cover otherwise clean and unmarked. Spanning over half a million years, this describes the world history of food and the way in which food has influenced the whole course of human development.From the Inside Flap: An enthralling world history of food from prehistoric times to the present. A favorite of gastronomes and history buffs alike, Food in History is packed with intriguing information, lore, and startling insights--like what cinnamon had to do with the discovery of America, and how food has influenced population growth and urban expansion.

Penguin Books, London, 1988. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifth Impression or later. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 424 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. "When the idea of "Food in History" first occurred to me, I was mystified by the fact that no one had already tackled this fascinating subject. No one had studied the question of how, over half a million years, food and the search for it had influenced both human and historical development; no on had tried to correlate the information turned up by all the twentieth-century 'ologies' - archaeology and anthropology, biology, ecology, technology and zoology among them. During the next seven years I discovered why. It was not the kind of book anyone with a grain of sense or… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.